kxproject SB drivers

Hi folks, thanks to the hints posted here, I've managed to get the kxProject sb drivers to work with my audigy 2 ZS. Everything works fine from N2003 to GPL, however I have a small problem in GPL soundwise: The engine sound in single practise is fine, as is the outside / trackside engine sound during races, but the in-car sound in races is completely mangled and sounds more like white noise than my beloved repco engine. Any ideas what could be causing this or what settings I should play with? Thanks in advance, uwe ps: what got me going with the new drivers was plugging the speakers into a different socket on the 2ZS sound card! -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Doesn't the readme say it swaps front & rear speaker outputs by default 'cuz the rears have a better SNR? "Uwe Sch�rkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi folks, > > thanks to the hints posted here, I've managed to get the kxProject sb > drivers to work with my audigy 2 ZS. Everything works fine from N2003 > to GPL, however I have a small problem in GPL soundwise: The engine > sound in single practise is fine, as is the outside / trackside engine > sound during races, but the in-car sound in races is completely > mangled and sounds more like white noise than my beloved repco > engine. > > Any ideas what could be causing this or what settings I should play > with? > > Thanks in advance, > > uwe > > ps: what got me going with the new drivers was plugging the speakers > into a different socket on the 2ZS sound card! > > > > -- > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:52:23 GMT, Steve Smith wrote: > Doesn't the readme say it swaps front & rear speaker outputs by default 'cuz > the rears have a better SNR? > That's why I tried a different "hole" at the back of the ZS2, but still engine sound in races is garbled. 8.( Cheers uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Uwe Schürkamp wrote: > > Any ideas what could be causing this or what settings I should play > with? > Did you try reducing reducing the hardware acceleration for sound playback? Control panel->Sounds and Multimedia-> Audio tab-> Advanced button under sound playback->Performance Tab-> Set slider to Standard or basic to see if it helps. (this is w2k, hopefully XP is similar). Can't imagine why you didn't find this yourself. ;-) Ken

Bummah! "Uwe Sch�rkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:52:23 GMT, Steve Smith wrote: > > Doesn't the readme say it swaps front & rear speaker outputs by default'cuz

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> > the rears have a better SNR? > > > > That's why I tried a different "hole" at the back of the ZS2, but > still engine sound in races is garbled. 8.( > > Cheers uwe > > > -- > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:18:10 GMT, Steve Smith wrote:

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> Bummah! > > "Uwe Schï¿œrkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:52:23 GMT, Steve Smith wrote: >> > Doesn't the readme say it swaps front & rear speaker outputs by default > 'cuz >> > the rears have a better SNR? >> > >> >> That's why I tried a different "hole" at the back of the ZS2, but >> still engine sound in races is garbled. 8.( >> >> Cheers uwe

Turning down hw acceleration to "basic" fixed the problem. I thought this wouldn't be necessary anymore with the kxproject drivers, but I'm happy. ;-) cheers, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

The whole point of installing the kxproject drivers was to avoid reducing the acceleration level in the first place... ---A--- Ken MacKay wrote:

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> Uwe Sch�rkamp wrote: > >> >> Any ideas what could be causing this or what settings I should play >> with? > > Did you try reducing reducing the hardware acceleration for sound playback? > Control panel->Sounds and Multimedia-> Audio tab-> Advanced button under > sound playback->Performance Tab-> Set slider to Standard or basic to see > if it helps. > (this is w2k, hopefully XP is similar). Can't imagine why you didn't > find this yourself. ;-) > > Ken

Asgeir Nesoen wrote: > The whole point of installing the kxproject drivers was to avoid > reducing the acceleration level in the first place... Agreed. Unfortunately I still get distorted sounds in GPL on one PC unless I reduce the hardware acceleration (works fine on another). ;-( Just wanted to point out that the kx drivers didn't fix this in every case. Ken

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:33:47 GMT, Ken MacKay wrote: > > Agreed. Unfortunately I still get distorted sounds in GPL on one PC unless I > reduce the hardware acceleration (works fine on another). ;-( Just wanted to > point out that the kx drivers didn't fix this in every case. > > Ken Ok, I don't have a problem with turning down the acceleration a notch or two (I hope I remember before my next league race on Saturday). As long as the "sewing machine engine sound" in n2003 and friends appears to be fixed (and so it seems), I'm a happy campy with the kxProject drivers even on my halfway-supported Aud 2 ZS. Cheers & thanks again for the link & the help, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

It's always like that, eh? You think you were smart and fixed something, and then, nope, nix, no go. I wonder what nasty trick Papy did with the sound to cause this crackling sound... I remember once changing all the GPL sound samples from 44 to 22 khz in order to use a SB 128 card... *sigh*. I would believe GPL has some kind of sound card issue with every single sound card out there, new and old alike... ---A--- Ken MacKay wrote:

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> Asgeir Nesoen wrote: > >> The whole point of installing the kxproject drivers was to avoid >> reducing the acceleration level in the first place... > > > Agreed. Unfortunately I still get distorted sounds in GPL on one PC > unless I reduce the hardware acceleration (works fine on another). ;-( > Just wanted to point out that the kx drivers didn't fix this in every case. > > Ken